Honegger: Symphony No. 2 in D for strings and trumpet, etc.

A classic - Karajan and Symphony No. 3 were made for each other. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 More…

Release Date: 14th Jul 1995
Catalogue No: 4474352
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Series: Originals
Length: 71 minutes

Penguin Guide

Rosette

Honegger: Symphony No. 2 in D for strings and trumpet

Work length25:14

Album only

Franz Wesenigk (trumpet)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1969-08-11
Recording Venue: Franzosische Kirche, St. Moritz

1. Molto moderato - allegro

Track length10:57

Album only

2. Adagio mesto

Track length9:20

Album only

3. Vivace, non troppo

Track length4:57

Album only

Honegger: Symphony No. 3, H186 'Liturgique'

Work length33:15

Album only

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1969-09-23
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

1. "Dies Irae" - Allegro marcato

Track length7:03

Album only

2. "De Profundis Clamavi" - Adagio

Track length14:26

Album only

3. "Dona Nobis Pacem" - Andante

Track length11:46

Album only

Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra 'Basler'

Work length12:45

Album only

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1969-08-23
Recording Venue: Franzosische Kirche, St. Moritz

I. Vivace

Track length6:35

Album only

II. Arioso. Andantino

Track length2:46

Album only

III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length3:24

Album only

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February 2006

A classic - Karajan and Symphony No. 3 were made for each other.

2010

Karajan's performances of these Honegger symphonies enjoy legendary status – and rightly so. This recording remains in a class of its own for sheer beauty of sound and flawless ensemble. The French critic, Bernard Gavoty, once spoke rather flightily of Karajan 'transcending emotions and imparting to them that furnace heat that makes a work of genius give off light if brought to the desired temperature' – but it's true! There's a luminous quality and an incandescence about these performances.
The Stravinsky Concerto in D major was written within a year of the Symphonie liturgique and may perhaps be a little too 'cultured' and not spiky enough for some tastes. The lightness of touch, sprightliness of rhythm and flawless ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are an absolute joy in themselves.

2011 edition

An altogether marvellous CD. The playing of the Berlin strings in the wartime Second Symphony is superb, sumptuous in tone and refined in texture.

Honegger: Symphony No. 2 in D for strings and trumpet, etc.

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